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Kooser: 'American Life in Poetry'

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:40:15 GMT

Poetry News: If we haven't done it ourselves, we've known people who have, it seems: taken a vacation mostly to photograph a vacation, not really looking at what's there, but seeing everything through the viewfinder with the idea of looking at it when they get home.Link!

'Voices of Burien' Open Mic will be Friday, May 31 at Community Center

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:41:31 GMT

"We are celebrating the Youth and their Voice!!!" reads an announcement. "Please come share your Poetry, Singing, Rap, Dancing and any talent you have! Or just come support Local teens and their talent. Free to the Public with a ...Link!

Public Theatre Presents Haiku, Hip Hop and Hotdogs, Now thru 5/22

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:48:20 GMT

Poetry News: Well known children's poems spring to life when The Crabgrass Puppet theatre brings their delightful show, Haiku, HipHop and Hotdogs to The Public Theatre today, . Perfect for families and children pre-K through fifth grade, this production is a fun way to introduce a child to the magic of theatre, at the affordable price of only $5 a ticket for ... (more)Link!

ArtBeat: Salinas hosts competition to name youth poet laureate

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:40:34 GMT

Poetry News: The city of Salinas and the city's Youth Commission hosts a poetry competition at 6p.m. June 1 to find the city's first Youth Poet Laureate.Link!

SOA English instructor publishes major reference book on American poetry

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:41:07 GMT

Poetry News: John Cusatis, will be published this month by Gale, as part of the internationally esteemed reference collection Dictionary of Literary Biography.Link!

UK- Poetry professor seeks beauty among rubbish

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:42:51 GMT

The project will conclude with a collection of 12 poems and creative writing sessions at local schools through a project based around the Seamer Carr depot in Scarborough and funded by an Arts Council award.. Link!

MN- Wescott Library Hosting Poetry Open Mic and Contest

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:45:43 GMT

Poet Katrina Vandenbarg will discuss the "Alphabet Not Unlike the World: Poems" and her other works at an adult poetry contest event at the Wescott Library.. Link!

Poem by Andrew Taylor

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:46:30 GMT

Poetry News: I am acting editor of The Wonder Book of Poetry while Kit Kelen is away and I have been rounding up outstanding poems from friends.Link!

Song by James Joyce | Poets.org

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:47:02 GMT

Poetry News: Born in Dublin, James Joyce--well-known for his novels Portrait of the Artist as Young Man and Ulysses --also published numerous books of poetry.Link!

New York Shakespeare Exchange Launches Interactive Sonnet Project Today

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:20:02 GMT

New York Shakespeare Exchange (Ross Williams, Artistic Director) has announced the launch of the year-long interactive SONNET PROJECT today, May 20, with an invitation only launch event happening from 7 - 9 PM at The Museum of the Moving Image.. Link!

Mandarin speech competition comes to historical conclusion

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:20:37 GMT

Poetry News: Radio Taiwan International held its ninth annual Mandarin Speech Contest for Foreign Nationals' finale in Taipei yesterday, with Cleisha-Bernise Springer, an exchange student from Saint Lucia, taking away two prizes including overall champion.Link!

Poetry finally joining e-book revolution

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:20:58 GMT

Poetry News: Over the past two years, publishers have been steadily filling one of the largest gaps in the e-book catalogue - poetry.Link!

For 2013 Daily Press poet laureate, love sparked the desire to write

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:22:01 GMT

Poetry News: The winner of the 2013 Daily Press poetry contest, Weber lives in Hampton and works at Newport News Shipbuilding where he teaches radiation safety.Link!

In poetry and faith, life matters

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:22:39 GMT

Poetry News: Christian Wiman, a well-known poet and until recently the editor of Poetry magazine, has written what may become a spiritual classic.Link!

Holocaust prisoners' book to return to Poland from Sonoma County

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:25:28 GMT

Eleanor Hensel’s late husband returned home from World War II with a remarkable, handmade gift of gratitude — a book of poems and haunting, color drawings by Polish prisoners of one of Adolf Hitler’s notorious concentration camps.. Link!